Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded.
Octave FeuilletKindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs.
Octave FeuilletProvidence has so ordained it, that only two women have a true interest in the happiness of a man--his own mother, and the mother of his children. Besides these two legitimate kinds of love, there is nothing between the two creatures except vain excitement, painful and vain delusion.
Octave Feuillet